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The longest word consisting strictly of alternating consonants and vowels is 27 letters long.
That 27 letter word is honorificabilitudinitatibus.

It is a medieval word which translates to "the state of being able to achieve honours". It most famously appears in Shakespeare's work "Love's Labour's Lost".

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